bump up
verb
bumped up; bumping up; bumps up
informal
: to move (something or someone) to a higher level, position, rank, etc.
Prices are being bumped up.
They're bumping her up to district manager.
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In January, the council reversed course and agreed to bump up the number of hires to 410.
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David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
In anticipation, Kolluri said, NJ Transit had bumped up the maintenance schedules on a slew of its passenger cars and contracted hundreds of buses to be on standby in the event of problems with the rail lines along the Northeast Corridor.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
Earlier this month, both Google and Cloudflare bumped up their internal deadline for PQC (post-quantum cryptography) readiness to 2029, an acceleration of roughly five years.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
The studio released six films that year and was able to bump up that number to 11 in 2025.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
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David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
In anticipation, Kolluri said, NJ Transit had bumped up the maintenance schedules on a slew of its passenger cars and contracted hundreds of buses to be on standby in the event of problems with the rail lines along the Northeast Corridor.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
Earlier this month, both Google and Cloudflare bumped up their internal deadline for PQC (post-quantum cryptography) readiness to 2029, an acceleration of roughly five years.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
The studio released six films that year and was able to bump up that number to 11 in 2025.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Bump up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bump%20up. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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